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• ACCUSATION (Lat. accusatio, accusare, to challenge to a causa, a suit or trial at law)

ACCUSATION (See also:

• LAT

Lat. accusatio, accusare, to See also:

• CHALLENGE (O. Fr. chalonge, calenge, &c., from Lat. calumnia, originally meaning trickery, from calvi, to deceive, hence a false accusation, a " calumny ")

challenge to a causa, a suit or trial at See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law)  , a legal See also:

• TERM

term signifying the charging of another with wrong-doing, criminal or otherwise . An See also:

• ACCUSATION (Lat. accusatio, accusare, to challenge to a causa, a suit or trial at law)

accusation which is made in a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice during legal proceedings is privileged (see See also:

• PRIVILEGE

PRIVILEGE), though, should the accused have been maliciously prosecuted, he will have a right to bring an See also:

• ACTION

action for malicious See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution . An accusation made outside a court of justice would, if the accusation were false, render the 'accuser liable to an action for See also:

• DEFAMATION (from the classical Lat. diffamare, to spread abroad an evil report—the English form in de is taken from the Late Lat. defamare)

defamation of See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, while, if the accusation be committed to See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing, the writer of it is liable to See also:

• INDICTMENT (from Anglo-Fr. enditernent, enditer, to charge; Lat. in, against, dictare, declare)

indictment, whether the accusation be made only to the party accused or to a third See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person . A See also:

• THREAT

threat or See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy to accuse another of a See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime or of misconduct which does not amount to a crime for the purpose of See also:

• EXTORTION (Lat. extorsio, from extorquere, to twist out, to take away by force)

extortion is in itself indictable .